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Approaches to Quantum Gravity

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Contents<br />

List of contribu<strong>to</strong>rs<br />

Preface<br />

page x<br />

xv<br />

Part I Fundamental ideas and general formalisms 1<br />

1 Unfinished revolution 3<br />

C. Rovelli<br />

2 The fundamental nature of space and time 13<br />

G. ’t Hooft<br />

3 Does locality fail at intermediate length scales? 26<br />

R. D. Sorkin<br />

4 Prolegomena <strong>to</strong> any future <strong>Quantum</strong> <strong>Gravity</strong> 44<br />

J. Stachel<br />

5 Spacetime symmetries in his<strong>to</strong>ries canonical gravity 68<br />

N. Savvidou<br />

6 Categorical geometry and the mathematical<br />

foundations of <strong>Quantum</strong> <strong>Gravity</strong> 84<br />

L. Crane<br />

7 Emergent relativity 99<br />

O. Dreyer<br />

8 Asymp<strong>to</strong>tic safety 111<br />

R. Percacci<br />

9 New directions in background independent <strong>Quantum</strong> <strong>Gravity</strong> 129<br />

F. Markopoulou<br />

Questions and answers 150<br />

Part II String/M-theory 167<br />

10 Gauge/gravity duality 169<br />

G. Horowitz and J. Polchinski<br />

vii

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